diff --git a/packages/valac/build.sh b/packages/valac/build.sh
index afac1b17d9..e395f68ba5 100644
--- a/packages/valac/build.sh
+++ b/packages/valac/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="C# like language for the GObject system"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.50.3
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.52.3
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION:0:4}/vala-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6165c1b42beca4856e2fb9a31c5e81949d76fa670e2f0cfc8389ce9b95eca5db
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=037ea1a92bf0f1ab04a71b52a01d50aca1945ad1017b6189d9614f84f5c9b2d9
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="clang, glib, pkg-config"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="valac-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="valac-dev"